Terms:
- A computer Network is any technology that allows people to connect computers to each other.
-The Internet is a large system of interconnected computer networks that span the globe.
- The World Wide Web (or more simply the Web) is a subset of the computers on the internet that are connected to one another in a specific way that makes them and their contents easily accessible to each other.
- Hypertext is a page linking system where the text on one page links to the text on another page.
- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a language that includes a set of codes attached to text. These codes describe relationships among text elements.
- Graphical User Interface (GUI) is a way of presenting program control functions and program output to users.
- The world wide web is the name for the system of hyperlinked HTML documents.
-Packet Switched Networks includes Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN).
Internet Protocols:
TCP/IP = Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol
The TCP controls the disassembly of a message or a file into packets before it is transmitted over the internet, and the reassembly of those packets into their original formats when they reach their destination.
The IP specifies the addressing details for each packet, labeling each with the packet's origination and destination addresses.
Domain Names:
Domain names are a set of words that are assigned to specific IP addresses. This is to eliminate the confusion of the dotted decimal notation.
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